Room temperature single photon sources (SPS) are crucial for developing the next generation quantum technologies. Quantum dots (QDs), recently, have been reported as promising materials as SPS at room temperature. By optimizing the single particle optical properties of a series of water-soluble, CdTexSe1−x, here we provide an efficient SPS with increased single photon purity. The data revealed that second order photon correlation, g2(0) value decreases substantially from 0.21 in CdTe to 0.02 in CdTe0.25Se0.75 QDs. They also exhibited deterministic emissions with an increase in ON time exceeding 95% of the total time. This was accompanied by an increased photon count rate, substantially reduced blinking events, and extended single particle ON-time. The increased single photon emission in CdTexSe1−x is attributed to very fast electron trapping to dense trap states, which suppresses the multiexciton recombination.
@article{arxiv.2410.22053,
title = {$CdTe_{0.25}Se_{0.75}$ Quantum Dots as Efficient Room Temperature Single Photon Source for Quantum Technology},
author = {Kush Kaushik and Jiban Mondal and Ritesh Kumar Bag and Shagun Sharma and Abdul Salam and Chayan Kanti Nandi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.22053},
year = {2025}
}